Labour wants to get Britain building yet it is cracking down on Monster and has no plans to legalise cocaine

Looking increasingly like Ms Rayner didn’t actually obtain tax advice before this week.

The state of this.

Lord Mandelson must now be the first public figure to have been forced out office for three different scandals across four different decades

Here’s the full address just delivered by Utah’s Governor Cox . It is, quite honestly, one of the most powerful speeches I’ve ever heard from a politician, or anyone, for that matter. Please sit down for 10 minutes and listen. You won’t regret it, I promise.

"We need a futile gesture at this stage. It will raise the whole tone of the war..." (with apologies to Peter Cook) #palestinerecognition 🙄

So this is where we are this morning. Keir Starmer's position literally is: a) Matthew Collins was asked to provide additional evidence on the China threat by the CPS. b) Collins failed to discuss this with either his boss, or Ministers. c) Collins unilaterally cut and pasted

I have moved from being shocked and disappointed at the Treasury to being angry. I spent some time with an elderly client today who is confused and distressed over what to do, and a huge portion of responsibility for her upset rests with unprofessionalism from the Treasury.

The fundamental problem: 58% of voters want public spending maintained or increased. 67% want taxes to stay at their current level or be cut. In reality, it’s a binary choice. Taxes go up, or spending is cut. That’s it.

If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".

Psyched to be moderating this star panel on some rather more informed Budget speculation with a certain tax supremo among others tomorrow SEC Newgate UK Last few spots available if keen! Sign up x.com/allierenison/s…

Crystal Palace FC fans, entrepreneurs, winners... Episode 1 of 'Winning' podcast is out today featuring Steve Parish, Co-Owner & Chair of Crystal Palace F.C. hosted by ian rosenblatt founder of Rosenblatt Law. Here's a little taster... View Ep1 here: youtube.com/watch?v=v8_G8E… #CPFC

It’s absolutely true that median earners (and below) pay less tax in the UK than most of the rest of the world. Lots of data here: taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/27/uk-…

‘A sloppy biography of Jane Seymour which dwells on her advocacy for Mary Tudor but makes no mention of 149 episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.’ — The Guardian

The best I’ve read on Robin Smith thecricketmonthly.com/story/1514195/…

Thank you but I am 85

It was with the prospect of oil that the Monroe Doctrine stopped being a rhetorical posture and started to shape a US strategy to boot Britain out of the western hemisphere.

I'm very proud of the school reforms we put in place after 2010, building on good work by Tony Blair that we had supported in Opposition. And then, with Free Schools, we went much further. The results are in and their success is clear.